apps Open-source alternatives to popular software Rob Beschizza

crime Do cash apps make it too easy for thieves to empty accounts? Ruben Bolling

apps Microsoft to take workhorse app WordPad out back after 28 years Rob Beschizza

youtube Youtube blocking ad blockers leads to rapid uninstallation of ad blockers-and rapid evolution of the survivors Rob Beschizza

apps Microsoft Word is 40 today Rob Beschizza

apps Daktilo turns your computer into an unsociably-loud but satisfying typewriter Rob Beschizza

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apps MS Paint gets layers Rob Beschizza

deaths Powerpoint creator Dennis Austin dead at 76 Rob Beschizza

apps Touch Pianist might not teach you to play the piano, but it will let you murder the classics Rob Beschizza

apps Text Buddy is a great app for people who edit text Rob Beschizza

apps Bintracker: a new music tracker app for 2023 Rob Beschizza

apps Klack: a Mac app that emits a "satisfying sound" whenever you press a key Rob Beschizza

apps Spectrolite is a Mac app for making risograph files from your designs Rob Beschizza

security Pentagon employees ignore security protocols to download all kinds of dodgy apps on their government-issued phones David Pescovitz

neighborhood drama Watch epic Nextdoor chat about a lizard on the loose, amusingly reenacted on Jimmy Kimmel (video) Carla Sinclair

not-so-cheap entertainment A 6-year-old boy "played" with his dad's Grubhub app, ordering $1,000 worth of food Carla Sinclair

music Wire up tiny modular pixel art synths in picoSYNTH Rob Beschizza

china Tik Tok executive refuses to say it will stop sending U.S. user data to China Rob Beschizza

apps Diffusion Bee: a simple app that sets up Stable Diffusion on recent Macs Rob Beschizza